There Will Be Blood (2007)

David Warshofsky: H.M. Tilford

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Quotes 

• H.M. Tilford : We'll make you a millionaire while you're sitting here from one minute to the next.

  Daniel Plainview : What else would I do with myself?

  H.M. Tilford : You asking me?

  Daniel Plainview : What else would I do with myself?

  H.M. Tilford : Take care of your son. I don't know what you would do.

  Daniel Plainview : If you were me and Standard offered to buy what you had for a million dollars, why? So, why?

  H.M. Tilford : You know why.

  Daniel Plainview : Yeah, you fellows just scratch around in the dirt and find it like the rest of us instead of buying up someone else's hard work.

  J.J. Carter : [defensively]  I've scratched around the dirt, son.

  Daniel Plainview : You gonna change your shipping costs?

  H.M. Tilford : We don't dictate shipping costs. That's railroad business.

  Daniel Plainview : O-oh! You don't own the railroads? Course you do. Of course you do.

  H.M. Tilford : Where you gonna put it all? Where? Build a pipeline, make a deal with Union Oil? Be my guest, but if you can't pull it off, you've got an ocean of oil under your feet, with nowhere to go. Why not turn it over to us? We'll make you rich. You spend time with your boy. It's a great discovery. Now let us help you.

  Daniel Plainview : [after a long pause]  D'you just tell me how to run my family?

  H.M. Tilford : It might be more important now that you've proven the field and we're offering to buy you out.

  Daniel Plainview : [stares at Tilford for a long moment]  One night, I'm gonna come to you, inside of your house, wherever you're sleeping, and I'm gonna cut your throat.

  H.M. Tilford : What? What are you taking about? Have you gone crazy, Daniel?

  Daniel Plainview : Did you hear what I said?

  H.M. Tilford : I heard what you said. Why did you say it?

  Daniel Plainview : You don't tell me about my son.

  H.M. Tilford : Why are you acting insane and threatening to cut my throat?

  Daniel Plainview : You don't tell me about my son.

  H.M. Tilford : I'm not telling you anything! I'm asking you to be reasonable. If I've offended you, I apologize.

  Daniel Plainview : [leans towards him]  You'll see what I can do.

• H.M. Tilford : How's your boy?

  Daniel Plainview : Thank you for asking.

  H.M. Tilford : Is there anything we can do?

  Daniel Plainview : "Thanks for asking" is enough.

• Daniel Plainview : [Daniel has covered his face with a napkin]  So Standard offered us a million dollars for the Little Boston leases, and I told H. M. Tilford where he could shove that, and we made a deal with Union! On the pipeline! And that whole ocean of oil underneath our fields!

  H.M. Tilford : [to his tablemates]  ... 150,000 dollars...

  Man : We needed the money to drill.

  Man : I go out to meet him. He's getting oil on the property. We're trying to make a claim on it. Offered him a million dollars. Turned us down flat.

  Daniel Plainview : [growing frustrated]  All right.

  [stands up, walks over and leans in to Tilford's face] 

  Daniel Plainview : I want you to look over there.

  [points towards H.W] 

  H.M. Tilford : Daniel, let me introduce you...

  Daniel Plainview : Look over there, you see. That's my son. You see him? You SEE?

  H.M. Tilford : I see him.

  Daniel Plainview : You don't tell me how to raise my family. I told you not to tell me how to raise my family. So, what do you see?

  H.M. Tilford : I'm very happy for you that...

  Daniel Plainview : Yes, I've made a deal with Union and my son is happy and safe.

  H.M. Tilford : Congratulations. Excellent...

  Daniel Plainview : I'm taking care of him now, so... You look like a fool, don't you Tilford?

  H.M. Tilford : [long pause]  Yes.

  Daniel Plainview : Y-y-y-yes, you do.

  H.M. Tilford : [embarrassed]  Excuse me gentlemen...

  Daniel Plainview : Oh, excuse me gentlemen. Excuse him, gentlemen.

  [to Tilford] 

  Daniel Plainview : I told you what I was gonna do.

  [drinks Tilford's whiskey] 

• Daniel Plainview : I want you to look over there.

  [points towards H.W] 

  H.M. Tilford : Daniel, let me introduce you...

  Daniel Plainview : Look over there. You see? That's my son. You see him?

  H.M. Tilford : Yes.

  Daniel Plainview : You SEE?

  H.M. Tilford : I see him.

  Daniel Plainview : You don't tell me how to raise my family. I told you not to tell me how to raise my family.

  H.M. Tilford : Daniel...

  Daniel Plainview : So, what do you see?

  H.M. Tilford : I'm very happy for you that...

  Daniel Plainview : Yes, I've made a deal with Union. My son is happy. He's safe.

  H.M. Tilford : Congratulations.

  Daniel Plainview : I'm taking care of him now, so...

  H.M. Tilford : Excellent.

  Daniel Plainview : You look like a fool, don't you, Tilford?

  H.M. Tilford : [long pause]  Yes.

  Daniel Plainview : J-j-j-j-j-j-yes. Yes, you do.

  H.M. Tilford : [embarrassed]  Excuse me gentlemen...

  Daniel Plainview : Oh, excuse me gentlemen. Excuse him, gentlemen.

  Daniel Plainview : [to Tilford]  I told you what I was gonna do.

  [drinks Tilford's whiskey]